State police say Studer pulled over a vehicle driven by 21-year-old Robert L. Henderson III of Fort Bragg, N.C., on Interstate 295 on Dec. 18, 2011. Henderson then drove off.

The deputies boxed in Henderson’s vehicle about 2 miles away. Henderson got out of his vehicle holding a BB gun that resembled a handgun. He was shot after he ignored orders to drop the weapon and fled on foot.

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